Tuesday, January 21, 2014

Philippine Army seizes NPA camp

A week after improvised explosive devices were recovered in northern
Negros, the 11th Infantry Battalion troopers discovered a large
encampment of the New People’s Army in Brgy. Tan-awan, Kabankalan City,
Sunday. Maj. Rey Tiongson, 3rd Infantry Division spokesman, yesterday said
the camp, that can accommodate about 100 persons, is believed to have
been abandoned several days before it was discovered.

The fleeing rebels left behind a CPP-NPA red flag, subversive
documents, a handbook for the Batakang Kursong Pampartido and personal
belongings, he said.

1Lt. Von Ryan Gomez, 11th IB Civil Military Operations
Officer, said the discovery of the NPA training camp, was a result of
ongoing military operations in the area.

Two weeks ago, suspected NPA assassins shot and killed CAFGU
member Ricky Camacho in Brgy. Magballo, Kabankalan City. It was
followed by the killing of a Bukidnon tribe member in Brgy. Riverside,
Isabela, military records show.

Gomez said the abandoned rebel camp, which is located in a
forested area, has two makeshift huts and a comfort room, with an
estimated area of 2,185 square meters.

Last week, six IEDs with blasting caps and a fragmentation
grenade were recovered by military intelligence operatives in an
abandoned NPA makeshift hut in Hacienda Begonia, Brgy. Purisima,
Manapla, the military reported.